That’s what we all called her – Maami. We sometimes also called her mum, the English word for mother, even though she understood only two words of the English language. Despite that my siblings and I spoke the adulterated version,...
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The great Eagles of 1980 – 38 years after!
The ‘Chief Justice’ of Nigerian football, distinguished legal luminary and Member of the Order of the Niger, Chief Adokie Amiesimaka, was the one who called me up and reminded me it was 38 years to the day on March 22...
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Tribute to our Mother.
Forgive me. This week I am applying my literary ‘license’ to pay another special tribute. Only a few days ago the world celebrated ‘Mother’s Day’, a day specially set aside globally to appreciate and honour the women in our lives...
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Chief Adegboye Onigbinde at 80 – My special tribute!
At the start, I did not like him at all. And I was not alone that did not like his face in Ibadan in those days in the 1970s when I first met him. Indeed, a whole army of supporters...
Analysis, Sports Development
Nigerian heroes of the Winter Olympics!
For a few weeks, before and during the 2018 Winter Olympics, Nigeria was a hot subject in the global media. The reason was the audacious decision of four Nigerian female athletes based in the United States of America to take...
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The Rashidi Yekini monologue – an exclusive conversation from Beyond! (Part 1)
(This conversation took place some 24 years ago. It was never published in print. Rashidi returned forcefully into my life last week in a most bizarre circumstance. I believe he wanted his memory to be kept alive. Hence this, transcribed...
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Rashidi Yekini Speaks from Beyond
I had an unusual conversation with Rashidi Yekini last Wednesday in my office in Yaba, Lagos. Of course, everyone knows that the greatest goal scorer in the history of Nigerian football rests in peace with his Creator. So, the circumstances...
Analysis, Sports Development
My adventure into the world of the Sports media.
I have an uncommon relationship with sports media. I must tell the story again for the benefit of thousands of young Nigerian boys and girls in school (or even out of school) that may be interested in having a go...
General, Sports Development
The youths have the power to change Nigeria!
I am a worried man. I love Nigeria and Nigerians with all my heart and might. That’s, why I am very worried about the state of both of them. At the start of the year, I celebrated lavishly because I...
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Again, the power of sport to impact the world!
I run the risk of sounding like a broken record and repeating myself from last week. A happy New Year to all. One day soon in the future the world will wake up from its leisurely slumber and start to...
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